66This gem is a Ruby binding for the [libvips image processing
77library](https://libvips.github.io/libvips).
88
9- Programs that use `ruby-vips` don't manipulate images directly, instead
10- they create pipelines of image processing operations building on a source
11- image. When the end of the pipe is connected to a destination, the whole
12- pipeline executes at once, streaming the image in parallel from source to
13- destination a section at a time. Because `ruby-vips` is parallel, it's quick,
14- and because it doesn't need to keep entire images in memory, it's light.
9+ libvips is a [demand-driven, horizontally
10+ threaded](https://github.com/libvips/libvips/wiki/Why-is-libvips-quick)
11+ image processing library. Compared to similar
12+ libraries, [libvips runs quickly and uses little
13+ memory](https://github.com/libvips/libvips/wiki/Speed-and-memory-use).
14+ libvips is licensed under the [LGPL
15+ 2.1+](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.en.html).
1516
1617## Requirements
1718
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2526
2627## Install
2728
28- It's just :
29+ [Install libvips](https://libvips.github.io/libvips/install.html), then :
2930
3031```
3132$ gem install ruby-vips
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